as in conventional
disapproving
very similar to other things of the same kind; not original or different
a neighborhood of cookie-cutter houses Opponents accused the candidate of taking a cookie-cutter approach to the problem.
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Recent Examples of cookie-cutter
There is no cookie-cutter technique, so doing this consistently requires lots of trial and error, tinkering, determining what works best.
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David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
This in turn begs the question: In a cookie-cutter music world where longevity has long been the exception not the rule, when is that retirement age?
—George Varga, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
There’s no cookie-cutter approach to coverage of the various topics.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Researchers noted cookie-cutter shark marks on the whale's body, typical of deep-sea species and unrelated to its cause of death.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
This in turn begs the question: In a cookie-cutter music world where longevity has long been the exception not the rule, when is that retirement age?
—George Varga, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
There’s no cookie-cutter approach to coverage of the various topics.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Researchers noted cookie-cutter shark marks on the whale's body, typical of deep-sea species and unrelated to its cause of death.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cookie-cutter
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These people are always looking for new and more efficient ways to do things, so may be seen as troublemakers in conventional organizations.—
Martin Zwilling,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Those guidelines include providing alt text on images so that people with visual impairments who use automatic readers can understand images, offering audio descriptions for people with hearing disabilities, and making all websites operable by keyboard for users who can’t use a conventional mouse.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Tragedies can be examined by those outside of its sphere of destruction, but the groundswell of feeling from Mexican viewers and critics is that there was little or no care taken to understand the cultural grief beyond stereotyped spectacle.—
Lucy Ford,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Founded by artists who grew up in Maryvale, Salcido said the purpose of Labor is to be the bridge that shows the artistic capacity and potential of Maryvale because the neighborhood is too often stereotyped, underrepresented and ignored.—
David Ulloa Jr,
The Arizona Republic,
6 Dec. 2024
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App and web users are now able to buy and sell derivative contracts that convert into $100 based on the outcome of NFL, NBA and UEFA Champions League seasons.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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The film’s sparse, handmade 16-mm aesthetic, which visually recalls influences ranging from early German Expressionism to the work of Guy Maddin, primarily sells the film’s outlandish fantastical conceit, despite its derivative nature.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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